Boxmeer
Boxmeer is a town and former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Boxmeer as a municipality incorporated the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek.
One of the population centers of the former municipality is Overloon, where the Overloon War Museum is located.
Boxmeer, Cuijk, Grave, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.
Population centres
The population in parts of the former municipality on 31 December 2020 was:- Beugen 1,860
- Boxmeer 12,550
- Holthees 540
- Maashees 875
- Oeffelt 2,370
- Overloon, including Heikant 3,985
- Rijkevoort 1,665
- Sambeek 1,745
- Vierlingsbeek, including Groeningen 3,050
- Vortum-Mullem 705
Transport
Notable people
- Dr Anna Terruwe a Catholic psychiatrist who discovered emotional deprivation disorder
- Joannes Gijsen a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Roermond and Reykjavík
- Emile Roemer a Dutch politician
- Hugo van der Velden a Dutch art historian
- Charles Deenen a Dutch computer/video game audio director, music composer, sound designer and mixer
- Dionne Stax a Dutch journalist and newsreader
Sport
- Sjaak Lucassen a Dutch long-distance motorcycle rider
- Niels Fleuren a Dutch professional footballer with 420 club caps
- Sander de Wijn a Dutch field hockey player, silver medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Kika van Es a Dutch football defender